Study Craig et al. (1974): study US Maryland 1968

Public

Breast cancer patients and controls, Maryland, USA, 1968

Sample

Respondents

N = 394

Non Response

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
In both groups most cases (90%) returned mailed questionaires, 9 or 10 were interviewd by telephone and 1 to 0 personally.

Correlate

Authors's Label

quality of survival

Our Classification

Remarks

All Caucasian women 30 + aged

Distribution

N =  1: 134 0: 260

Operationalization

1: surviving breast cancer patients
   diagnosed 5 or more years before
0: controls, matched for sexe and age
   - population: taken from 1963 census list
   - neighbourhood: living closest to patient

Observed Relation with Happiness